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=--=--=START=--=--= NASA Spacelink File Name:930513.REL
5/13/93: NASA GROUND TERMINALS RECEIVE NATIVE AMERICAN NAMES
Dwayne C. Brown
Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
May
RELEASE: 93-83
NASA's two Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System's (TDRSS) ground
stations, White Sands, N.M., will now have native american names as a result of
a "Name the Ground Terminals" contest held for New Mexico students.
The names selected were Cacique (kah-see-keh) and Danzante (dahn-
zahn-teh). Cacique means "leader," Danzante means "dancer". These names refer
to the Tortugas Indians of Tortugas, N.M., who preserved their culture through
traditional dance. The winning entry was submitted by four female students
from Zia Middle School, Las Cruces, N.M.
"To those familiar with the culture of the Southwest, these names will
give meaning to the purpose of the stations. To those who understand the role
of the stations, the names will convey appreciation for the culture of the
area" said Charles Force, Associate Administrator for Space Communications,
NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
Entries had to relate to Native American, Hispanic or African American
local culture; be appropriate for space communications and America's
involvement in space; limited to one to two words in length; and show
relationship between the two names.
"The students compared the TDRSS to the Tortugas dancers. The dancers
communicate through complex maneuvers as do the TDRSS satellites. The ground
terminals are the leaders of this orbital dance," said Wilson Lundy, Manager,
Space Network Complex, White Sands, N.M.
The contest was sponsored by NASA, the New Mexico Space Grant
Consortium and New Mexico State University. Students from elementary, middle
and high schools, in qualifying school districts, were eligible to participate.
More than 100 entries were received.
Each team consisted of four students and a team coordinator. The
coordinator was responsible for guiding the team's activities and submitting
the entry. Each team could submit only two names, one for each station. Each
team had to be from the same school and only one entry could be received from a
team. There could, however, be more than one team and one entry from each
school.
Winner, runner-up and honorable mention teams were selected by a panel
of judges. The winning students will receive a 2-day, expense paid trip to
NASA's Johnson Space Center, Houston. Each member of the runner-up team will
receive a Franklin Language Master, which functions as a thesaurus, dictionary
and spelling corrector. Members of the honorable mention team will receive an
official TDRSS Ground Terminal Naming Contest T-shirt. Each team member will
receive a certificate for his or her participation.
The ground terminals are responsible for receiving and transmitting
telemetry, voice, video and data acquisition for Space Shuttles and Earth-
orbiting satellites. The Office of Space Communications, NASA Headquarters,
Washington, D.C., is responsible for overall management of these facilities.
-end-
Editors Note: A ceremony officially announcing the new ground terminal names
will be carried live on NASA Select television on May 17, 1993, at 11 a.m.
EDT. The program will feature the students explaining, through informal
discussions and a "rap" song, the significance of their winning entry. The
program also will include presentation of awards to the students by former
Apollo astronaut Frank Borman, remarks from NASA Administrator Dan Goldin and
student interaction with Senator Pete Domenici (R), N.M..
Source:NASA Spacelink Modem:205-895-0028 Internet:192.149.89.61
=--=--=-END-=--=--=
=--=--=START=--=--= NASA Spacelink File Name:930513.SHU
KSC SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT 5/13/93
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT
Thursday, May 13, 1993
KSC Contact: Bruce Buckingham
Mission: STS-55/SL-D2
Vehicle: Columbia/OV-102
Launch Date/Time: April 26 at 10:50 a.m.
Landing Place/Date/Time: Edwards AFB, May 6 at 10:30 a.m. EDT
NOTE: The orbiter Columbia, riding atop the 747 Shuttle Carrier
Aircraft, departed Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., Tuesday and
was ferried to Biggs Army Air Field, El Paso, Texas, where it
remained Tuesday night. On Wednesday, Columbia departed Biggs en
route to Kelly Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas, where it
remained Wednesday night. A weather assessment is in progress
this morning to determine if further progress east can be made
today.
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Mission: STS-57/Spacehab/EURECA-Retrieval Orbital Alt. 287 miles
Vehicle: Endeavour/OV-105 Inclination: 28 degrees
Location: Pad 39-B Crew Size: 6
Target Launch Date/Time: June 3, 6:17 p.m.
Target KSC Landing Date/Time: June 11, 5:03 p.m.
Expected Mission Duration: 7 days/23 hours (if cryogenics allow)
IN WORK TODAY:
* Borescope inspections of left hand main landing gear bungee
mechanism
* Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (TCDT) (T-0 set for
11:00 a.m. Friday)
* Preparations for prelaunch hypergolic propellant load
* Engine number one heat shield installation
WORK SCHEDULED:
* Prelaunch propellant load
WORK COMPLETED:
* Main engine flight readiness test
* Cryogenic servicing of SHOOT payload
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Mission: STS-51/ACTS-TOS/ORFEUS-SPAS Orbital Alt.: 184 miles
Vehicle: Discovery/OV-103 Inclination: 28 degrees
Location: OPF bay 3 Crew Size: 5
Mission Duration: 9 days/22 hours
Target Launch Period: mid-July
IN WORK TODAY:
* External tank door cycles
* Power reactant storage and distribution system tests
* Orbital maneuvering system functional tests
* Waste containment system servicing
* Install window number 2
WORK COMPLETED:
* Aerosurface repositioning
* Nose cap removal
Source:NASA Spacelink Modem:205-895-0028 Internet:192.149.89.61
=--=--=-END-=--=--=
=--=--=START=--=--= NASA Spacelink File Name:930513.SKD
Daily News/TV Sked 5/13/93
Daily News
Thursday, May 13, 1993
Two Independence Square,
Washington, D.C.
Audio Service: 202/358-3014
% Preflight briefing for STS-57 scheduled;
% Post-Flight briefing for STS-55 scheduled for May 19;
% TRACE-A Ozone results studies.
The preflight briefings for the STS-57 Space Shuttle mission will be held on
May 18 at the Johnson Space Center.
The briefing will be carried live on NASA TV with two-way audio for questions
from participating NASA locations.
Space Shuttle Endeavour's upcoming mission will include the retrieval of the
European Retrievable Carrier, carry the first flight of SPACEHAB and the Super
Fluid Helium On- Orbit Transfer experiment and will include a spacewalk.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Originally scheduled for May 18, the STS-55 Spacelab D-2 postflight crew press
conference has been rescheduled for May 19 at 11 a.m. EDT.
The crew will discuss highlights of the previous mission. The briefing will
broadcast live on NASA TV and will have two-way audio for questions for
participating NASA centers.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Scientists from the United States, Brazil and Germany have been meeting this
week through tomorrow to review results obtained during an international
expedition spearheaded by NASA to investigate recently discovered
concentrations of harmful ozone in the lower atmosphere over the tropical
Atlantic ocean. This TRACE-A (Transport & Atmospheric Chemistry Near the
Equator- Atlantic) workshop is the first opportunity scientists have had to
evaluate the extent to which this newly observed phenomena is linked to biomass
burning in Africa and South America.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Here's the broadcast schedule for Public Affairs events on NASA TV. Note that
all events and times may change without notice and that all times listed are
Eastern.
Thursday, May 13, 1993
noon NASA Today news program including stories on STS-57
mission; observation of a supergiant; GSFC community
day; and Public Svc. Week.
12:15 pm Aeronautics & Space Report.
12:30 pm Best of NASA Today.
1:00 pm Friendship 7.
2:00 pm STS-37 go for EVA.
2:30 pm Life Elsewhere.
3:00 pm George M. Low Trophy.
Taped 5:00 pm "Science Seminar" (From MSFC)
Friday, May 14, 1993
noon NASA Today news program.
12:15 pm Aeronautics & Space Report.
12:30 pm Sail on Voyager.
1:30 pm Fourth Planet: Mars.
2:00 pm Space Basics.
2:30 pm Life on Three Planets Beyond.
Taped 3:00 pm "Von Braun Forum."
NASA TV is carried on GE Satcom F2R, transponder 13, C-Band, 72 degrees West
Longitude, transponder frequency is 3960 MHz, audio subcarrier is 6.8 MHz,
polarization is vertical.
Source:NASA Spacelink Modem:205-895-0028 Internet:192.149.89.61
=--=--=-END-=--=--=
=--=--=START=--=--= NASA Spacelink File Name:6_2_2_43_12_32.TXT
STS-55 LANDING STATEMENT 5/6/93
The STS-55 Spacelab D-2 mission came to a conclusion this morning after
completing 160 orbits, and traveling over 4.1 million miles. Columbia's main
gear touched down at 9:30 CDT on runway 22 at Edwards Air Force Base in
California.
The planned KSC landing was diverted to California due to unacceptable weather
conditions in the Central Florida area. Preliminary assessments of Columbia
show the orbiter to be in good shape following the 10-day flight. Engineers
have reported that Columbia's protective tiles received 97 dings, with only
14 being an inch or greater in size. A ferry flight schedule has yet to be
established, but Columbia is expected to return to KSC by the middle of next
week.
NOTE: The orbiter Columbia, riding atop the 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft,
departed Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., Tuesday (5/12) and was ferried to
Biggs Army Air Field, El Paso, Texas, where it remained Tuesday night. On
Wednesday, Columbia departed Biggs en route to Kelly Air Force Base, San
Antonio, Texas, where it remained Wednesday night. A weather assessment is in
progress this morning to determine if further progress east can be made today.
Source:NASA Spacelink Modem:205-895-0028 Internet:192.149.89.61
=--=--=-END-=--=--=
=--=--=START=--=--= NASA Spacelink File Name:6_6_3_7.TXT
NASA GROUND TERMINALS RECEIVE NATIVE AMERICAN NAMES 5/13/93
Dwayne C. Brown
Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
May
RELEASE: 93-83
NASA's two Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System's (TDRSS) ground
stations, White Sands, N.M., will now have native american names as a result of
a "Name the Ground Terminals" contest held for New Mexico students.
The names selected were Cacique (kah-see-keh) and Danzante (dahn-
zahn-teh). Cacique means "leader," Danzante means "dancer". These names refer
to the Tortugas Indians of Tortugas, N.M., who preserved their culture through
traditional dance. The winning entry was submitted by four female students
from Zia Middle School, Las Cruces, N.M.
"To those familiar with the culture of the Southwest, these names will
give meaning to the purpose of the stations. To those who understand the role
of the stations, the names will convey appreciation for the culture of the
area" said Charles Force, Associate Administrator for Space Communications,
NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
Entries had to relate to Native American, Hispanic or African American
local culture; be appropriate for space communications and America's
involvement in space; limited to one to two words in length; and show
relationship between the two names.
"The students compared the TDRSS to the Tortugas dancers. The dancers
communicate through complex maneuvers as do the TDRSS satellites. The ground
terminals are the leaders of this orbital dance," said Wilson Lundy, Manager,
Space Network Complex, White Sands, N.M.
The contest was sponsored by NASA, the New Mexico Space Grant
Consortium and New Mexico State University. Students from elementary, middle
and high schools, in qualifying school districts, were eligible to participate.
More than 100 entries were received.
Each team consisted of four students and a team coordinator. The
coordinator was responsible for guiding the team's activities and submitting
the entry. Each team could submit only two names, one for each station. Each
team had to be from the same school and only one entry could be received from a
team. There could, however, be more than one team and one entry from each
school.
Winner, runner-up and honorable mention teams were selected by a panel
of judges. The winning students will receive a 2-day, expense paid trip to
NASA's Johnson Space Center, Houston. Each member of the runner-up team will
receive a Franklin Language Master, which functions as a thesaurus, dictionary
and spelling corrector. Members of the honorable mention team will receive an
official TDRSS Ground Terminal Naming Contest T-shirt. Each team member will
receive a certificate for his or her participation.
The ground terminals are responsible for receiving and transmitting
telemetry, voice, video and data acquisition for Space Shuttles and Earth-
orbiting satellites. The Office of Space Communications, NASA Headquarters,
Washington, D.C., is responsible for overall management of these facilities.
-end-
Editors Note: A ceremony officially announcing the new ground terminal names
will be carried live on NASA Select television on May 17, 1993, at 11 a.m.
EDT. The program will feature the students explaining, through informal
discussions and a "rap" song, the significance of their winning entry. The
program also will include presentation of awards to the students by former
Apollo astronaut Frank Borman, remarks from NASA Administrator Dan Goldin and
student interaction with Senator Pete Domenici (R), N.M..
Source:NASA Spacelink Modem:205-895-0028 Internet:192.149.89.61
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